As you might guess, it's Yiddish. Here's a link to a dictionary page on it.

It was even actually used in a headline in June: Our Farblondzhet Senators. It includes this line: "Although there is no exact translation of farblondzhet, it falls within the definition of lost and confused, wandering aimlessly with no hope in sight." Good word for Congress these days.

NB: the site is not my politics, simply one that came up in a search for the word.

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